Danny Brown is an American rapper born in Detroit in 1981, whose high-pitched delivery and appetite for unsettling, experimental production set him apart from just about everyone. XXX (2011) was the breakthrough; Atrocity Exhibition (2016, Warp) pulled noise rock and post-punk into hip hop and remains essential. Dig into Danny Brown vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Daniel Dewan Sewell was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 16, 1981. He began releasing music in the mid-2000s and launched his solo career in earnest with The Hybrid (2010). XXX (2011), released as a free download on Fool's Gold Records, became a critical breakthrough. He signed with Warp Records for Atrocity Exhibition (2016), making him among the few hip hop artists on the predominantly electronic label. He runs the Bruiser Brigade Records label and collective.
Danny Brown's sound combines hip hop, experimental hip hop, Detroit hip hop, and abstract hip hop with his distinctive high-pitched vocal delivery and willingness to engage with experimental, often unsettling production. Atrocity Exhibition (2016) in particular drew on noise rock, post-punk, and electronic music influences alongside hip hop traditions.
Warp pressings of Atrocity Exhibition and the post-2016 catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions. Fool's Gold pressings of XXX and Old have appeared in repressings.
Listeners new to Danny Brown typically start with Atrocity Exhibition (2016) or XXX (2011).
